Knuth described the “art of programming”, but the relationship between art and code is somewhat uneasy. For many years we have seen papers at conferences making excuses for computing students’ inabilities when it comes to design. Those of us who teach computing have all sat through assessments where students show us something functional but truly… [Read more…]
June 29, 2010
At this year’s CITRENZ/NACCQ conference we’re introducing Mashup: Pecha-Kucha with a Twist. This promises to be a fast paced, visual, interactive collaborative celebration of computing research. You are invited to participate (even if you know nothing about computing or research!). A Pecha Kucha sees the fast paced presentation of ideas – each presenter has… [Read more…]
August 9, 2009
The draft Professional Knowledge Curriculum for NZ Computing Professionals has made some great strides towards sustainable practice but has missed an opportunity to demonstrate the excellence the Society is aiming for. Described as the “non- technical knowledge possessed by ICT professionals” the draft consists of four categories (Ethics and code of conduct; Managing ICT risk; Legal… [Read more…]
April 19, 2009
In the interests of transparency, here’s my submission to the New Zealand Computer Society professionalisation initiative: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the draft Professional Certification Framework. I believe this is the most important action the Society has ever taken, it is well overdue. This belatedness, however, is not a cause for undue haste,… [Read more…]
September 19, 2008
I gave a talk today at the 26th Annual Tertiary IT Managers conference. “Beyond Virtualisation: what’s next for IT sustainability”. I explored computing and sustainability imperative, particularly in the tertiary sector. We looked at what other disciplines are doing and explored what it might mean to be a sustainable practitioner in computing. We… [Read more…]
July 1, 2010
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